:lui:


Azzurri announce North American tour

Marcello Lippi’s Italy squad will go on a brief tour of the US and Canada during the summer, announced the FIGC.

The Azzurri get together for a crucial World Cup qualifier in Norway on June 4 and will then travel across the Atlantic for two friendly encounters.

On Wednesday June 8 they will meet with Serbia-Montenegro at Toronto’s Skydome, kicking off at 8pm local time – 1am in the UK.

Italy then travel to New York and the Giants Stadium will host a match with Ecuador on Saturday June 11. It is an afternoon kick-off at 3pm, which will be 8pm in Britain.

The squad for this friendly tour will be announced following the Norwegian World Cup qualifier and is expected to contain many experimental choices.

yeah this is definately worthy of its own thread :rockman: :rockman:

I'll be on the phone as soon as those tickets are released. FORZA AZZURRI!

again, they make the mistake of saying giants stadium is in NYC, when in fact, its in east rutherford, New Jersey

:nape:

My birthday present will be front row tickets to this game (Y)

Maybe the stars from Milan wont be here, but i see no reason why the rest of the team wouldnt come.

If at least 3 of Cassano, Totti, Gilardino, Vieri, Del Piero, Inzaghi, Miccoli, Cannavaro, Nesta, Zambrotta or Gattuso make the trip ill be more than ecstatic.

Pirlo will not be coming for sure. Thats almost a 100% guarentee.

Not sure how Serbia got selected, but its better than Ecuador. Too bad England and Italy couldnt face eachother as theyre both coming around this time.

* santino and possibly modena will be going nuts when they see this story

Not sure how Serbia got selected...

Toronto has the second largest Serb population in North America behind only Chicago, Illinois.

I havent seen too many Serbians around here. A LOT of Croatians though.

I think the Italian team might be surprised by how many Italians there really are in this area. I expect a 55,000-60,000 attendence with 95% of crowd being of Italian descent. (Y)

I'm gonna have many sleepless nights thinking about this game for the next month.

I wonder if Dejan Stankovic will come :) ....it's not like I'll be cheering for him though :ewan:

Yeah, let's go see a depleted Azzurri team (Y)

My lineup

Lupatelli
Motta-Bonera(haha)-Natali-Lanna
Diana-Barone-Baronio-Langella
Lucarelli-Iaquinta


Great team :rolleyes:

Go waste your hundred bucks suckers.


















;)

I can practically smell your bitterness that theyre not playing in Montreal.

:boohoo:
















:)

nah, I could take my car there but why see a bunch of amateurs play.

I'll just put an azzurri jersey and go play at the park with my friends. Same sh1t.

:crazyboy:

oh mark, youre clearly dying on the inside.


Dont worry, im sure Giorgio Chinaglia was right when he said CW was coming to Montreal this summer :rolleyes: :chew:



I just realized, why doesnt Italy just play Canada??

oh mark, youre clearly dying on the inside.


Dont worry, im sure Giorgio Chinaglia was right when he said CW was coming to Montreal this summer :rolleyes: :chew:



I just realized, why doesnt Italy just play Canada??

lol, think about it. There's probably more Serbians and Italians in Toronto than 3rd or 4th generation Canadians. The fanbase is just too big not to have Italy and Serbia

Italy doesn't play Canada because it's more honourable to lose against S&M than Canada.

If at least 3 of Cassano, Totti, Gilardino, Vieri, Del Piero, Inzaghi, Miccoli, Cannavaro, Nesta, Zambrotta or Gattuso make the trip ill be more than ecstatic.

seriously, what are you smoking? I want some of that! :D

del piero and vieri dont belong on that list either. theyre all just names, and maybe Lippi will bring them because they are more well known.

And at ForzaNerazzurri, Portugal would be a much better opponent as theres also a huge Portuguese community in the GTA. Italy could make it 3 (friendly) wins in 3 years against them(Y).

Has anybody seen this story on any other sites than channel4?

Well yea, I would love to see Italy beat Portugal again, I was just commenting on what you said about them playing Canada.

Haven't seen this anywhere else though, I am hoping to see more tomorrow :(

lost of Serbs in Toronto eh... how come i've never met one? :confused:

link, Mikey? :(

http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/may11j.html

channel 4 and goal.com have it reported


and me and my friends are already organizing trips to the game, A team or not, decent names will come and the atmosphere will be amazing :rockman: :rockman:



quit bitching mark :ewan: :jap:

mark is dying of jealousy, forgive him. I'm gonna go for broke on tickets, after being 5 feet away during Roma-Celtic I cant have it any other way.

I await news on FIGC.it

hey santino, youll probably see me at the game. I'll be the one wearing Italian jersey waving Yuge flag:D

im getting tickets for free :chew:

connections (H)

guess ill be in toronto on the 8th i hope my boss gives me a day off from work so i can go or atleast rotate that day hopefully i get to see my Idol Luca Toni on the team!!!

tell your boss to shove it (H)

hey santino, youll probably see me at the game. I'll be the one wearing Italian jersey waving Yuge flag:D

that narrows it down to 95% of the italian fans that'll be there.

hahahah, i have a big ass flag too that i'll bring. I already have like 5 or 6 people that want tickets. This is gonne be so much fun

i guess ill be the only one with the Palermo shirt and huge ass flag if u guys see me come meet me anytime you want :D

i might be going with a good friend who's Italian. not 100% sure though cause Rangers might be coming over here and i'll need to save my $ for tickets to their games.

I'll be the guy with an 01/02 nameless Milan jersey and a giant flag of Iraq


if you dont see me, I'll be the streaker in the 65th minute :(

LMFAO IRAQ FLAG HAHAHAHAHA lolloooool

tell your boss to shove it (H)

lol i just got the job too and im working as we speak if i tell him that ciao ciao job go on welfare and cant pay my trip to toronto gas ticket etc.. lol

Damn it, should I wear Italy jersey or Serbia jersey ?! I'm gonna watch it live on TV instead.

wear the malaysia one instead !

i guess ill be the only one with the Palermo shirt and huge ass flag if u guys see me come meet me anytime you want :D


Youll be the only guy there with a pink shirt on :fluffy: :chick:


Luca Toni is one player who Im sure will be there

OK guys, this is official, I got the press release off the FIGC website

http://www.figc.it/italiano/comunicati_stampa/comunicati_stampa_2005/pdf_comunicati_stampa/110505_tournee.pdf

FORZA ITALIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

yay!

a shame they will not play the US or Canada for a match. That would get plenty of bums on seats and be a good marketing ploy for the game.


but the tour should be a success. :)

i cant believe this, i get home from work and i get this unreal news to lighten up my horrible day

i will so be there, barring any setbacks that screwed me over for the roma-celtic game :f***:

I just realized, why doesnt Italy just play Canada??

my guess would be that over 95% of the crowd would be cheering for Italy

itd be no different than when Canada comes up against a Central American team in WCQ.


Considering this game is only 4 weeks away, they better get cracking with promotions and get the word out. I expect TLN and Italian Soccer Fanatics to help with this.

same thing would happen here :p

k we gotta communicate on the board about tickets

ive already started gaining interest from my friends(wasnt really hard) and we're planning cars and stuff already

so pumped already :rockman:

and what do you guys think ticket prices will be?

probably from 30-100$, I even emailed TLN as soon as i found out about this. But I don't think they ever read my e-mails so it's their loss :sb9:

a shame they will not play the US or Canada for a match. That would get plenty of bums on seats and be a good marketing ploy for the game.


but the tour should be a success. :)

Because this is concacaf, things are always weird

Remember that thread about the team scoring against itself to win? Yea, that happened here.

Ticketmaster selling the tickets?

Toronto has the second largest Serb population in North America behind only Chicago, Illinois.

How are the crime rates in those cities ;) (H).

Anyway, what's up with these tours? Do players even get a rest these days?

Sold out!!!

Sorry guys.


























j/k hehe

I predict a BIG 0-0

Sold out!!!

Sorry guys.


j/k hehe

I predict a BIG 0-0

screw you mark, you scared me and almost ruined my day :f***: :crazyboy:

woohoo the story made uefa.com!

Toronto showdown for European rivals
Thursday, 12 May 2005
Italy and Serbia and Montenegro have agreed to play a friendly international on 8 June in Toronto, Canada.

Skydome date
The match will be played at the Skydome stadium at 20.00 local time (02.00CET). The date is reserved for FIFA World Cup qualifying games, but both Italy and Serbia and Montenegro are free. Four days earlier, Serbia and Montenegro play host to Belgium in Group 7, which the Serbo-Montenegrins lead by two points from Spain, while pacesetters Italy travel to Norway in Group 5. Both associations agreed to play the match in Canada in view of large expatriate communities there.

Qualification encounters
Italy and Serbia and Montenegro last met in the UEFA EURO 2004™ qualifying round, drawing 1-1 in both Naples and Belgrade. The Italians qualified for the finals in Portugal by topping the group, while Serbia and Montenegro finished third. Italy will subsequently face Ecuador at the Giants stadium in New York on Saturday 11 June.

regardless of whether Italy brings a host of its stars, its win-win.

If they bring fringe guys you know they'll be trying their best (something that doesnt happen with regulars) because theyre playing for a place in team. Theres a really good chance that Miccoli will come(Y).

If Italy brings a similar squad to what England is bringing Ill be more than happy.

(If the Scudetto goes to playoff that will mean there will be no players from Juve and Milan coming)

After he didnt come last year for Roma-Celtic, i really hope Cassano doesnt come up with one of his trademark 'injuries' before Italy friendly.

Honestly I couldn't care less who Lippi brings. How many times can you say you've seen your National Team play? (well for us Canadians anyway). It's something I always dreamed about and now it's coming true.

edit: and its not like he's going to bring no-names. They are obviously going to be doing well in Serie A to get even a small chance to play with the NT

gotta also remember that june 4th, Italy has a qualifier vs Norway

so maybe Lippi will bring the squad that faces Norway to Canada?

I could see him bringing a squad similar to this:


De Sanctis, Roma

Bonera, Barzagli, Materazzi, Chiellini, Zaccardo, Grosso, Oddo

Barone, De Rossi, Blasi, Gattuso, Ambrosini, Diana

Toni, , Cassano, Lucarelli, Montella, Totti


(Zauli would be ecstatic)

im pretty sure montella has fallen off and wont be called up


but again thinking about the qualifier, is 2-3 days rest enough to wear off the jet lag of 8 hours difference?

thats the only reason i can see him bringing a different squad

I could see him bringing a squad similar to this:


De Sanctis, Roma

Bonera, Barzagli, Materazzi, Chiellini, Zaccardo, Grosso, Oddo

Barone, De Rossi, Blasi, Gattuso, Ambrosini, Diana

Toni, , Cassano, Lucarelli, Montella, Totti


(Zauli would be ecstatic)


:rockman: :rockman: :rockman: :rockman:

I cant see him taking too much Juve and especially Milan players.

Probably Del Piero in Montella's place. Itd be amazing just to see Del Piero play, and he's a recognizable name to casual soccer fans. I'd love for Gilardino to come, but he didnt have a proper rest last summer (U-21's and olympics) so I think he'll play WCQ and than take well deserved rest. A frontline of Cassano-Del Piero-Totti would be amazing to see(Y)

You really think Ambrosini?

I would like to see Max Tonetto on the wing, he's a little older but he's been doing well with Samp this year :lui: or even Angelo Palombo

I know it could be an experimental squad, but i hope its not that much so.

even though i think del piero shouldnt be in the national team, i would be extatic if he came.

i hope and pray totti and cassano come, obviously my hopes are not high but i can still pray

Meh, ive already seen Totti play live, and he was like 5 feet away from us entering the field and than training beforehand. He actually played the full 90 minutes as well. :)


I feel same way as you about Del Piero. (C)

guys post any info you get on ticketmaster selling the tickets lol

forget Juve players dudes, they play in Japan the day before. So Mikey, take out Blasi, Chiellini and Cassano. :rockman: lol

If they bring Del Piero they should bring Vieri too :jambo: :ewan: I would break down crying if he came.

edit: mark, do you honestly think the players would rather play in Japan, then play for the national team?

of course, they're getting 1m €/game there. They all want to see DP. He's a fan fav in Japan.

I called Ticketmaster, and the supervisor said that they aren't sure of the release date of tickets. :|

thanx for the info ForzaNerrazurri!

my sources say that the 4 teams participating in the Champions World Series are:

Chelsea, Milan, Benfica and Olympiakos.

Chelsea will play Olympiakos in MTL.

Milan will play Olympiakos in TO.



I'm gonna give Roman more $$$






















yeah right! lol

Where did you get that info? :| I didn't think they were going to do CWS

bigsoccer boards

who cares about chelsea and Olympiakos we have a F*ckin 600 time bigger community then these GREEKS here in MTL

I know.

nobody will go to the game and we won't see sh!t in the future. That damn toilet bowl is empty after the Expos left, they could of played a second game with an Italian team.

I would of Gone if it was freakin Piacenza !!!!!! playing

anyways i spoke to my friends at the bar today im going june 8th with them you your going Mark to Taranto?

I don't know, I'll have to see the roster 1st and how much the tickets are. 75-90$ would be ok for me.

Im praying Luca TONI IS THERE! Grosso and Barzagli! and Cassano/Miccoli

unless he gets injured Luca Toni is one of the few players thats a lock.

Serbia vs Italy

(H)

1-0 Serbia, Vucinicccccc

(H)

Because this is concacaf, things are always weird

Remember that thread about the team scoring against itself to win? Yea, that happened here.

concacaf always confuses me :p

i got some bad news regarding possible players for this game.

the Coppa Italia final is to be played June 12 and 15, whoever is in the final wont be coming to Toronto. (N)

I hope Udinese knocks Roma out, so at least theres a chance Cassano, De Rossi and Totti will come.

Why the hell did they have to start Serie A season so late, and why is the Coppa Italia final 2 legs :|

So if Milan and Juve go to scudetto playoff and Inter and Roma make Coppa Italia final, we wont be seeing any members of those teams in Toronto :nape:

When are these tickets going on sale, it's less than a month away :(

i got some bad news regarding possible players for this game.

the Coppa Italia final is to be played June 12 and 15, whoever is in the final wont be coming to Toronto. (N)

I hope Udinese knocks Roma out, so at least theres a chance Cassano, De Rossi and Totti will come.

Why the hell did they have to start Serie A season so late, and why is the Coppa Italia final 2 legs :|

So if Milan and Juve go to scudetto playoff and Inter and Roma make Coppa Italia final, we wont be seeing any members of those teams in Toronto :nape:


2 legs? interesting. :o it would be easier on the players after a long season just to have one game for the final, and the leading games to the final for that matter.

lol we hope Roma get knocked out for the American fans sake :p

Next year the Coppa Italia will take the same form as the English FA Cup. Much better format IMO. Anyways:


MILAN, Italy (AP) - Several of Italy's top players might miss a North American tour in June after the Italian league objected to its timing.

The league argued that the tour was organized in an overly busy end-of-season period.

The soccer federation, which is responsible for the national team, has arranged for Italy to play Serbia-Montenegro on June 8 in Toronto and Ecuador on June 11 at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.

Reports said Italy coach Marcello Lippi wouldn't take the players who go to the World Cup qualifier against Norway on June 4.

He could also leave home some national team regulars set to play an Italian Cup final June 12. Inter Milan, Udinese, AS Roma and Cagliari are in the competition's semifinals.

League officials also noted that a potential playoff for the Serie A title is set for June 14. With three rounds to play, Juventus leads AC Milan by just three points.

Adriano Galliani, president of the Italian league and vice president of AC Milan, wouldn't comment on his talks with federation president Franco Carraro this week regarding the tour.

Well, since any scudetto playoff is out of the equation, Milan and Juve players wont be ruled out completely.

Im gonna wait until the roster is released whether I splash out 120$ for top notch tickets.

Youd think theyd start promoting this game as well, its only 4 weeks away.

OMG I can't believe I've just stumbled onto this news now. I'm seeing this match 4 sure. Tickets are gonna have to be made avaliable very soon since the game is scheduled for a little over 3 weeks from now.

Youd think theyd start promoting this game as well, its only 4 weeks away.

There was a healthy discussion on why the Canadian national team was not selected to play against either the Serbs or the Azzuri on the FAN 590 radio station and RSO. So to some extent this was advertising, and then some, but yes, nothing like what it should be....Good chance that the FAN will carry it LIVE in English and almost certainly TLN in Italian. Don' t know about RSO in English....

There was a healthy discussion on why the Canadian national team was not selected to play against either the Serbs or the Azzuri on the FAN 590 radio station and RSO. So to some extent this was advertising, and then some, but yes, nothing like what it should be....Good chance that the FAN will carry it LIVE in English and almost certainly TLN in Italian. Don' t know about RSO in English....

did they say why Canada wasnt chosen?

if it was that douchebag bob mccown, than he was probably bashing soccer

The Italian federation didn't even talk to the CSA about the game. They need the authorization of the CSA before playing games here. CSA doesn't know sh1t about a game being played here neither does Rogers and all that sh1t. :rolleyes:

Go watch the TO Lynx. :(

I wouldnt be surprised if this game is cancelled. Its 4 weeks away, and it seems like only people that visit SG forums or know people from SG forums are aware of this game. Theres a huge market for this game, so i dont know what the hold up is.



I was actually at the Toronto Lynx game yesterday for the first time.

Truely terrible, the atmosphere and the quality of play.

there were about 2500 fans, 7 of whom being travelling supporters from Montreal. They were louder than all the Toronto fans combined :S .

Bob McCowan is out of town so THAT IS why soccer can be discussed on the FAN or else the show basically describes a day in the life of the two head characters of the National Haacke Lig, starting with an indepth diagnosis the the calorie content each of their breakfasts! Very rarely do other topics come up that are worth discussing.

As for the game, very dissapointing that nothing is being said. :nape:

Ok I just got an e-mail from the Meadowlands All-Access mailing list (I'm still on their list because I ordered tickets to last years Milan/Manchester game at Giants Stadium) and their tickets for Italy/Ecuador will be going on sale this thursday.

Their ticket prices range from 35$-85$ USD

I'm sure the tickets for the game at the Rogers Centre will be around that day too, I'll keep you notified

I hope the best seats are under 100$.

If I can get the exact same tickets I had for Roma-Celtic, which was at the corner feet away from where players entered field, thatd be grand

$35-$140 ARE THE TICKETSfor the Ecuador game. Between this game and the England - Columbia one i had to choose the Brits, but it wont be a surpsire if i end up by watching both. :D

$35-$140 ARE THE TICKETSfor the Ecuador game. Between this game and the England - Columbia one i had to choose the Brits, but it wont be a surpsire if i end up by watching both. :D

where did you get the 140$ from?

ITALY vs. ECUADOR
International Soccer

Don't miss the Italian National Team's first visit to the United States since the 1994 World Cup!

Saturday, June 11 at 2:45 PM
Giants Stadium
Ticket Prices: $85, $65, $50, $35

Tickets for this event go on sale Thursday, May 19 at 11 AM.
There is no Meadowlands All Access presale for this event.

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even on the ticketmaster website it only has the highest as 85$

I got it wrong i guess. I had the same info e-mailed by ticketmaster. Well i'll waitn to hear who will be pressent in order to decide if i will be going or not. If Totti, Cassano and Montella come i'll do but if they get players from Inter Milan or Juventus i might think about it... Ill definitively skip it if i see players from mid table temas like Udines, Samp or even Palermo. Nothing againt the teams i mentioned but i dont really think those 85 buck are worth spent in these case scenario.

I got it wrong i guess. I had the same info e-mailed by ticketmaster. Well i'll waitn to hear who will be pressent in order to decide if i will be going or not. If Totti, Cassano and Montella come i'll do but if they get players from Inter Milan or Juventus i might think about it... Ill definitively skip it if i see players from mid table temas like Udines, Samp or even Palermo. Nothing againt the teams i mentioned but i dont really think those 85 buck are worth spent in these case scenario.

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I have to disagree with you italian talent is being produced by us samp udinese etc.. I may be wrong but i dont see the bigger clubs producing italian talent like us i see many foreign players in the big 3 teams getting a starting job then italian players do, just becuz were barely cl team and are uefa cup teams and dont have much history doesnt mean, you cant call players up from us, without us italian football would be dying, so you need us to survive remeber football is always in a transitional period and so is our national team, well thats my 2 cents agree or disagree this is my opinon.

3 weeks left until the game in toronto, and still no official announcment from Rogers Centre and the CSA. Makes you wonder if the game will actually take place.

Roma have made it Coppa Italia Final, and they need to win to get into Uefa Cup and salvage anything from a terrible season.

This means De Rossi, Totti, Cassano, Montella, Ferrari etc.. will all be skipping to North American tour as the (2 legged) final is around the same time and doubt Roma would release the players.



(N).

they should cancel the whole thing dammit.

The thing they should do here in MTL or TO is the final of the Supercoppa Italiana like they did in NJ last year.

Juve/Milan vs Roma/Inter.

Scudetto winner vs Coppa Italia winner.

:rockman:

yeah baby! I'm gonna make it up to canada for this one, GO SERBIA!!! :rockman:

they should cancel the whole thing dammit.

The thing they should do here in MTL or TO is the final of the Supercoppa Italiana like they did in NJ last year.

Juve/Milan vs Roma/Inter.

Scudetto winner vs Coppa Italia winner.

:rockman:

Ya, thatd be the best case scenerio hands down. To see an actual competitive game (Y).

Azzurri announcement today
Italy expected to play Serbia-Montenegro June 8 at dome
Former NASL star Chinaglia scheduled to confirm game

MARK ZWOLINSKI
SPORTS REPORTER

The Italian Soccer Federation says details are being worked out.

The Canadian Soccer Association says it hasn't been contacted.

Rogers Centre officials will say only that there's a news conference today.

Toronto soccer fans have been befuddled by such vagueness for the past week, but organizers will announce today that Italy's national soccer team will play a friendly against Serbia-Montenegro on June 8 at the Rogers Centre.

Soccer aficionados have been phoning the Rogers Centre, newspapers and the CSA since the Italian soccer federation and ANSA, the Italian national newswire service, announced the game and the date more than a week ago on their respective websites.

Since then, however, all involved have been reluctant to confirm details, leaving an air of mystery over an event due to take place in less than a month.

Finally, at 6:30 p.m. yesterday, Rogers announced it would hold a press conference today at 11 a.m. featuring Giorgio Chinaglia, the most prolific scorer in North American Soccer League history who played 14 internationals for the Azzurri, including two in the 1974 World Cup.

There were few details about the press conference, other than it was to announce "a major sporting event."

Chinaglia is a senior vice-president of Champions World, a New Jersey-based company that organized a North American tour last summer featuring European soccer powers Roma, FC Porto, Liverpool and Scottish champion Celtic.

Two of the games were played at Rogers Centre.

Regardless of today's announcement, the CSA said yesterday that it still hadn't been contacted about the game.

"We expect to be (contacted) since we would be acting as the host country ... and our consent is needed before the event can go ahead," said CSA spokesperson Morgan Quarry.

It was not clear last night what the CSA would do if its consent wasn't sought.

The Azzurri are also scheduled to play Ecuador at Giants Stadium on June 11 in East Rutherford, N.J.

It's expected that Ticketmaster will handle the general sales for the game, with the Rogers Centre managing suites and club seating.



Chinaglia's involved, I guess we're screwed. :(

btw, nobody's buying tickets for the Jersey game, how come? I went to the site and can get real good seats right in the middle close to the pitch. :/


they'll never come to America if there's like 10 000 people going there. That's why I wanted them here. I'm sure TO will get a lot though if the game goes through.

Thanks for the update Mark, well its 12:30pm EST now, anyone hear something about the press conference?

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

http://www.ticketmaster.ca/event/10003AB2FDFDEFD8?artistid=972338&majorcatid=10004&minorcatid=11

!!!!!!!!!!!

Internet Onsale Info
Onsale to General Public:
Fri, 05/20/05 02:00 PM

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!

ps: Mikey, what is a good section to get close to the players

50-135$ CAN

http://media.ticketmaster.com/en-ca/tmimages/venue/maps/tor/12855s.gif

I'd go with the blue section. 111-132

I'm starting to question paying over 100$ for this game....I think im gonna get some 200 level midfield seats. I'll see how it goes

What's the view like in those 200 level midfield seats?

Yesss, it's finally game on! Unfortunate that we our gaurenteed to miss out on any Inter or Roma players but it should still be a good match. Tickets are pretty expensive, my buddies and I won't be spending more than $80 each for this game.

I just got my tickets for the game.

Section 235, row 6. 80 bucks each.

West side of the stadium/Italian Supporters.

Right at midfield :rockman:

Forza Azzurri!

Read this morning (Saturday..day of the FA Cup final, can't remember the date) that there is a very good chance of Chelsea playing AC Milan in an exhibition game at the ROGERS CENTRE in Toronto sometime in July. The source being The Star.

The news of a potential matchup was first mentioned here:
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/headlinenews?id=333885&cc=5901

The guy who is organizing the Italy-Serbia game is the one who said that there is a good chance of the Blues and Rosonneri playing.

yeah and screw Montreal right? :rolleyes:

I think we'll get Chelsea vs Olympiakos and possibly Milan vs Benfica

I just got my tickets for the game.

Section 235, row 6. 80 bucks each.

West side of the stadium/Italian Supporters.

Right at midfield :rockman:

Forza Azzurri!

im in the 200's to, lol

Zamparini: Brienza in azzurro
Lun 23 Mag, 6:05 PM

Zamparini: Brienza in azzurro
vedi foto

(ANSA) - PALERMO, 23 MAG - Franco Brienza sara' fra i convocati della tournee che la Nazionale azzurra effettuera' il mese prossimo in Canada e negli Stati Uniti.

Confirming the fact that Italy will came with team B...well probably C

Can't remember who exactly said it, but an Italia B,C, or D team is still worth the money(Y)

Not my money... I've seen their best players in Juve-Milan supercup, Milan - Man U last summer. :p

Im having trouble deciding what tickets to buy. I never expected it to be the top players coming, but i didnt think it it would this depleted. As it stands there will likely be no Roma and Inter reps (coppa italia final), and the Juve players may be on that gay Japan tour (shouldnt this be a preseason event?). And Milan players will have just played a long season so I question who of them would come.

This is the most likely roster I see coming:

De Sanctis, Roma

Barzagli, Bonera, Cassetti, Zaccardo, Tonetto

Diana, Pinzi, Barone, Brienza, Gattuso, Esposito

Toni, Lucarelli, Di Michele (if im lucky Gilardino and Miccoli) (if im not lucky Iaquinta and Rocchi)

I'll probably buy $80 on decent tickets. I'll pay 120 if Chelsea-Milan comes.

at ForzaNerazzurri, when i was feet away from players i was at the front of 134D on that map. It was closer to field than in that diagram.

I disagree with mark about this game having great attendence. Pretty much nobody knows its happening, and its only a few weeks away. I think there will probably be a huge amount of people buying tickets the day of or day before game.

mikey rumour has it all the tickets on the italy fan section are just about sold out, so i guess a lot of ppl do know

glad i got my tickets early, santino what section in the 200's did you get? Is it on the west side of the stadium?

yea west/italian side, and i think its somewhere in the 220's, dont quote me on that tho

Lippi to look at new faces
by Nadia Carminati - created on 24 May 2005

Marcelo Lippi will use Italy's tour to North America to blood new recruits as he looks to prepare for next year's World Cup finals.

The Azzurri are playing Serbia & Montenegro and Ecuador in their two match tour that begins on June 8, after they play Norway in a World Cup qualifier on June 4.

Lippi has announced he will take the opportunity to assess those players who have limited experience at European and international level.

"For the next games I'll call on new players," said Lippi.

"In particular for the two matches Italy will play in North America I'll call on players who must get experience.

"They will be players that for the moment have never been called up to the national team, and haven't had the possibility to play European competitions with their teams."

Lippi has proved he is not scared to try new faces already this season, and will be looking to weed out potentials for the World Cup in Germany in 2006.

:|

wtf? u cant call nobodys.

the only bright side is that materazzi has a coppa game and for sure won't be there:D

U'd rather watch Materazi than lets say..Cirillo. haha
This tour would be such a delusion. :(

im not gonna buy tickets until i find out whos getting called up.

We could be seeing a team that involves the likes of Angelo Palombo, Roberto D'Aversa, Sam Dalla Bona, Luca Arriatti and Max Tonetto.


Id say Lucarelli and Luca Toni could be the only *stars* on show. I wont pay any more than 60$ for what could be an Italian E squad.


:| :| :|


Ill save my money for Milan-Chelsea or any other CW game. Im very disappointed.

on a good note, the atmosphere should be good

ya, if you listen closely, as the Italian players enter the pitch you collectively hear 40-60,000 people say, "who the f*ck are these guys?!"

Mikey=cheap bastard lol

just kidding Mikey, they think we don't know anything about soccer here and will put Serie D players. (N)

Santino Watch section are you in again ? I just ordered tickets for 8 people section 235. This section anygood?

im in the 220's i think.

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Santino Watch section are you in again ? I just ordered tickets for 8 people section 235. This section anygood?

nice Zauli, i'll be in 236! it's right at midfield man!!! :rockman:

lol so ill be seeing you there.

Zauli's going there to se Biava and Morrone. lol

lol lol Mark they been ****ty i dont wanna see them there BARONE LUCA TONI BARZAGLI GROSSO BRIENZA!!!!!! lol screw serie b Material MOrrone and Biava......

I bought 8 tickets today for game. I have really good seats, and I only had to pay 50$ for them. I planned on getting 80$ tickets, but somehow the 50$ were actually better. If you look at chart santino posted, im in section 139 row 3. I think they were so low because theyre in the Serbia supporters section. No worries, when Italy scores the 8 of us will get to cheer in front of the Serbs(Y).

As for who's coming, Giorgio Chinagli said that Italy will be bringing a very strong team. You should also keep in mind this guy doesnt know ****, but I hope hes right.

I think the team will feature a lot of reps from Palermo and Udinese, and I have a feeling Cannavaro, Gattuso, Buffon will be there. Miccoli should be available, so I hope Lippi brings him.

Lucarelli is the only player who has been confirmed to be making the trip, but Im also 99% sure Gattuso will come as well, as hes suspended for Norway game, Milan has no tours and hes featured on the ad for game in papers. All Roma and Inter players are unlikely to make the trip, as they have the stupid ass Coppa Italia to play for. Any Parma (gilardino, Morfeo, Bovo and Bonera) or Bologna (Nervo) players also will unlikely be called up. For Serbia, Stankovic will obviously be out, but Vucinic, Kezman and Milosevic should all be there. But whos really gonna be paying attention to them anyways. If Vucinic scores I hope he gives one of his players the Sweet Chin Music or something.

To be fair, id pay $50 to see Hellas Verona and Atalanta play, so Im satisfied regardless. My attitude towards this game has pulled a complete 180 to what it was a week ago.

As its pretty obvious, Im busting a nut for this game, which only just over a week away (Y).




.... Does anybody have an update on the Champions World this summer?

i think brienza's also been confirmed mikey

if its gonna be non regulars , i hope its entertaining types like Brienza, Di Natale and Di Michele.

Does anybody have an update on the Champions World this summer?

Gone bankrupt...assets auctioned off !

squad released:

Goalkeepers: Roma (Monaco), Peruzzi (Lazio), Guardalben (Palermo).

Defenders: Barzagli (Palermo), Chiellini (Fiorentina), Dainelli (Fiorentina), Oddo (Lazio), Cassetti (Lecce), Grosso (Palermo).

Midfielders: Baronio (Chievo), Blasi (Juve), Esposito (Cagliari), Barone (Palermo), Mesto (Reggina), Coppola (Messina), Mauri (Udinese).

Forwards: Iaquinta (Udinese), Toni (Palermo), Brienza (Palermo), Lucarelli (Livorno), Di Michele (Udinese), Langella (Cagliari).

There is no way imma spent money on this one. Disapointing :kader:

can't waittt for thisssssssssssssss, i got a digital camera from my cousin so expect picccccccccss forza azzurrrrrriiiii

I was really hoping theyd bring some Milan or Juve players, but oh well.

Coppola, Guardalben, Mauri and Langella :|

out of those players, I hope this is the starting lineup:

Oddly, only 2 CB's were called.

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Toni ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
::::::::::::::::: Di Michele ::::::::: Esposito ::::::::::::::::
:::::::::: Brienza ::::::::: Blasi ::::: Barone ::::::::::::::::
:: Grosso :::: Barzagli ::::::::: Dainelli :::::: Oddo :::::::::::::
::::::::::::::::::::::::: Peruzzi ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

and im excited to see Chiellini, Cassetti and Lucarelli.

I really wish Miccoli and Gattuso were called up. Lippi holds Langella in higher regard than Miccoli(N)

does anybody know the serbia squad?

does it really matter? :crazyboy:

ill be sitting on the serbia end, so yes, it does.

Lippi said he expected Serbia to bring their top team.

I hope Vucinic, Kezman, Vukic, Ljuboja and Milosevic all come.

Lippi couldve brought at least one 'star' player. Gattuso shouldve been called :nape:

This is all I can find so far

S&M name squad for Italy
Reuters

Serbia and Montenegro manager Ilija Petkovic has called up six uncapped players for a friendly against Italy in Toronto this week.

They include five under-21 internationals, central defenders Branislav Ivanovic and Marko Basa, striker Igor Burzanovic, right back Nemanja Rnic and goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic.

Zeta Golubovci midfielder Nikola Trajkovic, who won the country's first division player of the season award, has also been added.

Petkovic dropped eight first-team players who were in the starting line-up for Saturday's 0-0 draw with Belgium which left Serbia top of World Cup qualifying Group Seven.


edit: found the team

SCG:

gks: Oliver Kovačević (Železnik), Vladimir Stojković (Zemun)

defs: Ivica Dragutinović (Standard Lijež), Nenad Đorđević i Nemanja Rnić (Partizan), Milan Dudić (Crvena zvezda), Marko Baša i Branislav Ivanović (OFK Beograd)

mids: Nenad Brnović i Simon Vukčević (Partizan), Dragan Mladenović (Real Sosijedad), Ognjen Koroman (Krila Sovjetov), Nikola Trajković (Zeta), Miloš Marić (Olimpijakos);

forwards: Nenad Jestrović (Anderleht), Nikola Žigić (Crvena zvezda), Mirko Vučinić (Leće) i Igor Burzanović (Budućnost).

Have fun guys!

Say hello to Peruzzi, Blasi and Chiellini for me. hehe

Vucinic was supposed to skip the game along with Kezman

not that im too heartbroken, i wish serbia brought more regulars.

Vukcevic is supposed to be a great prospect and apparently Juve have an eye on him.

Dragatunovic, Koroman and Jestrovic are starters, so that beats Italys 0.

(why am i still talking about Serbia players?)

At least Vucinic is there.

ITALIA (4-4-2): 1 Peruzzi, 2 Oddo, 5 Barzagli, 6 Zaccardo, 3 Chiellini, 7 Esposito, 8 Barone, 4 Blasi, 11 Mauri, 9 Toni, 10 Iaquinta.
(12 Roma, 13 Cassetti, 14 Dainelli, 15 Grosso, 16 Baronio, 18 Coppola, 19 Mesto, 20 Brienza, 21 Di Michele, 22 Langella, 23 Lucarelli, 24 Guardalben). All.: Lippi.


SERBIA MONTENEGRO (4-4-2): Kovacevic; Dragutinovic, Dudic, Basa, Ivanovic; Mladenovic, Koroman, Vukcevic, Maric; Jestrovic, Vucinic.
(12 Stojkovic, 13 Rnic, 14 Djordjevic, 15 Brnovic, 16 Trajkovic, 17 Zigic, 18 Burzanovic). All.: Petkovic.

ARBITRO: Depiero (Can)


Yes, it's Depiero, not Del Piero. :D

not Del Piero. :D

who?

Zauli:

Luuuuuuuuuuuucaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Tooonnnnnnnnnniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

im so pumped for this match, i cant wait!!!!!

Im satisfied with lineups, though I didnt know Zaccardo was called up, and I guess hes playing CB as well. I hope thats the 'good Djordjevic' that plays for Olympiakos.

Is there still that rule with limited subs in friendlies? does anybody know how much it is?

Vucinicccccccccccccccccc :D

Partizan players = Rnic, Vukcevic, Brnovic,

Is there still that rule with limited subs in friendlies? does anybody know how much it is?

there is no rule for limited subs in friendlies.

have fun watching "la nazionale" :funny:

Heading down for some dinner and then off to the Rogers Centre!!! FORZA AZZZZZZURRIIIIIIIIIIIII

1-0 Zigic 25min

live score said Vucinic.

Blasi sent off :rolleyes:

i heard they only sold like half of the tickets for this match. that's what they get for bringing the reserves though.

Italy got their 1st shot at the 40min I think. What a rip off.

When Coppola is Italy's best player on the pitch :rolleyes:

I feel for Santino, Mikey and Forzanerazzurri. lol

1-1

Lucarelli!!!

Pitch invasion from 3-4 Serbs. lol

one was tackled CFL style. hehe

22 000 fans at the stadium. (N)

50 000 fans for sure in MTL even with that serie C team for sure. ;)

wow mark, 6 posts in a row!

:D

Would have been 7 if you didn't interrupt me. :p

I heard the 2nd half was better. The azzurrini didn't sleep like the Big team does in the 2nd half so I guess the fans had fun.

omfg what a game!!!!!!! just got home now!!!!!!!!!! Serbia scored and then Blasi got a red card 25 minutes into the game after getting his 2nd yellow. It was kind of a gift for the Azzurri because they had absolutely no mid-field play up until then. 2 or 3 Flares got thrown onto the field by some serbian idiots.
2nd half was intense. chances at both ends, and the serbian fans again ruin the play by running out on the field. one went at peruzzi and peruzzi gave him a head fake and made him drop his flag and run the opposite direction lol.

with about 10 min left Azzurri finally tied it up (I coulda sworn it was Di Michele) but I was so excited and going crazy my memory of the goal was kinda erased. The stadium went bezerk when italy scored it was great.

Carmine Coppola....what a guy, he came on in the 2nd half and gave 100%. Played a Gattuso style running everywhere.

I am really happy we scored with only 10 men, we played great football today. Lippi played a great formation with the 10 men and it worked.

The ref wore a Serbian shirt...I dont know where the hell they got him, but he was terrible.

oh yea: Serbian fans can go **** themselves.

I'll upload the pics once i get them.

Just came back as well. Fully worth every penny I spent, a great day. I paid $50 for tickets and had excellent ones, but i was on the Serbia side.

Before i go into the game, i wanna say how disappointed I was from the Italian supporters making noise throughout the game. Maybe it was because I was at their end, but the Serbia section was far louder than the Italians. The Serbia section had huge flags and banners, and it was perfectly clear what it was. The Italian side was nothing, with sign that said 'Ciao Rende'. But than the Italians scored, and the place went nuts, far louder than when Serbia scored. The Serbia fans were collectively stupid. One absolute moron got kicked out of the game for throwing flares TEN MINUTES into it. I call him a moron, because if youre gonna do it, wait til the end of the game.

Was it just me, or did every time they cheered SER-BI-A, it sounded exactly like when they used to chant E-C-W at wrestling events?

FACT: whenever you organize an event where there will be mass population of Italian women showing up, your gonna see some of THE FINEST broads in the world. It never fails.

Whenever I saw a guy with a Palermo shirt (saw about 5) i thought it was 'Zauli'.

the Skydome has embarassing security. If you wanted to run on the field, you could, nobody was gonna stop you. They should fix this problem next time theres a game. It was actually funny when the first Serb ran on. Than it was stupid when the next one came on. And than I was just ashamed for Canada when the third guy ran on.

Why the hell did we have somebody sing the Italian national anthem with no music? It wouldve been 10X better if they just played the actual music and let the crowd sing it, as usual. I was actually disappointed with this. The halftime show sucked. The opera singer was pretty good, but very out of place at this type of event. I guess they wanted an Italian staple, but Super Mario and Chef Boyardee were booked. The second singer was pretty average, and nobody seemed to care about him, poor guy. Than some Serbian band played some drunken tune, and the serbs ate that sh*t up.

Now, for the actual game. Luca Toni was dreadful, and rightfully subbed at half. It was embarassing when Blasi was sent off after 30 min, and it was perfectly clear the ref wanted to act like a big shot, when the fouls were nothing too big. Coppola was probably Italys best player on the night. When Lucarelli and Di Michele were introduced, the game changed. Like ForzaNerazzurri, I have no recollection of Lucarellis goal, as I was going nuts as the Serbs around me looked on in disgust.


The Mikey stat nobody will care about except Mikey: the linesman on the day refs me regularly in my leagues :D

They said there was 22,000, i felt like at least 30,000. At the Porto-Liverpool game last year it had something like 40,000 and I dont remember it being so much more than this game. Maybe a lot of people snuck in.

Mark, believe me, you would of enjoyed this a lot. Maybe there werent the stars, but fanatics like us have heard of all them, and theyd put in more effort (they have more to play for) than the 'stars' would in a friendly.

what was up without having a board for the 4th official to announce the subs? i felt so embarrassed having one of the players relay who had to be subbed off to the rest of the team. that was pretty lame. and those paramedics. they just walked casually with their stretcher to the player when he was injured. literally took like a minute to get there. where's the golf cart lol, or at least run to the guy

I was hoping Serbia would win, and that they almost did. Italy got a break when Blasi was sent off.

Nonetheless, was a good game. :jambo:

I'm heading to the one here at Giants stadium Saturday, it's probably going to be PACKED. Knowing that NJ has the most Italians in any state, I just hope nobody starts fighting in the stands.

Maybe it was because I was at their end, but the Serbia section was far louder than the Italians.

well duh
in the venezuela -uruguay game, i was surrounded by 20 uruguayans and i could have sworn that they were louder than the other 25000 venezuelan fans in the stadium.

:|

wow,what a game!!!!!

so it wasnt the WC or Euros, or even a qualifying match, or even the A-team, but hey, the atmosphere alone made my night, the chants, the fights(just 1 broke out, and i think it was serb vs serb, im not to sure), the flares even, it was just amazing to see.

my seats were right above the tunnel so i saw every player enter, exit, and so on. mixing italians, soccer, and beer gives a new meaning to life, just hilarious. every 5 minutes this one guy, around 60 year old would get up, yell "OK, MODA ITALIA, LET'S GO!!!" and the fans would start an "I-TAL-IA!!!" chant. then when the one serbian player was faking an injury another drunk italian stood up, and started yelling "give him some pork and a loaf of bread, he'll be fine, smoke some pork he'll feel better". then when italy scored and everyone went nuts, just an amazing feeling seeing it happen. then the guy (pork yeller) ran to where i was sitting and started throwing ice cubes on the field, he spilled half his beer on me, lol.and the 60 year old guy took off his shirt and ran down the stairs yelling "forza italia!!!". another chant was started but didn't last long: "Serbia, Seriba, Va f'an culo!".

mikey's comment about the women was true, but there was a fair share of ugly ones there, lol. the ref was terrible, but really who cares, he was an italo-canadian so he probably went harder on the italians so he wouldn't be accused by the serbians.

hats off to the group of serbians who were up and cheering the whole game, they had chants, flags, kits, everything, just yelling, lighting flares(near the end of the game), it was really a great sight. the guys who ran out killed italy's momentum but was still funny. the first guy was practically mauled with police brutality, one security guard dove at his face, the other at his back and i think one even kicked him, lol. that guy got arrested and while being escorted out the italian fans threw bottles at him. then another serbian fan ran onto the field(see mikeys post about peruzzi head faking to jump him). and finally, the 3rd one, this guy went unnoticed for awhile, he ran around for a bit, then high-fived a sebian player on the bench, and jumped back into the crowd, he woulda gotten away but there was security guards in the crowd that caught him.

all in all, a great experience and i'll definately go back if given a chance. coppola looked like gattuso but with better ball control, could be useful in the future, and blasi should never put the azzurri shirt on again. who gets a red card in a friendly? let alone 25 mins into it? ridiculous.

ps. the one guy (pork yeller, ice cube thrower) was brought back to his seat by a rogers centre employee, then he had a sign that said "event rate, $15.00 tax. incld." and he just started waving that around for the rest of the game, lol.

santino, i agree Blasi should make fewer reckless tackles, but those werent red card worthy at all



all the stronzo who didnt go to game because there were no 'stars'. fack, just buy a $50 ticket if its a problem (like I did). I know people that spend $150 on pants. And if youre any type of calcio fan, and you havent heard of any of the of players that were called up, than be quiet. I bet a lot of the people that didnt go because there wasnt any 'stars' are the same people that think Del Piero is one of Italys best and most important players. How often does world class players play in Toronto, let alone North America. I maybe excuse mark, as Montreal is far away, but in his shoes I wouldve still made the trip. And I will if the CW only comes to Montreal.

I make all these complaints because the 22,000 attendence could damage the possibility of any future games being held in Toronto.

santino, i agree Blasi should make fewer reckless tackles, but those werent red card worthy at all


that's true, but if he didn't get sent off then, he woulda at some point in the game

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http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/fifa/gen/fifa/20050608/i/1448045700.jpg

couple pics from fifa.com. lucarelli running to my side of the field towards the bench once he scored will be etched in my mind forever (Y)

How was Barzagli?

How was Barzagli?


nothing much to say about him, did his job for the most part but was out of position on the goal and chiellini couldn't catch up to the serbian player in time.

he made some impressive tackles to break up some plays tho

good (Y)

Game today was exciting, though I think a fight broke out during the game and Italy blew some many damn chances, could have scored 3 EASY goals, but they were playing like a bunch of babies and then had a penalty shot and the keeper blocked that. I hope none of them making it on the WC squad, all they kept doing was chipping the ball down field and letting Ecuador get it back, and they were passing the ball around, not kicking it down field...actually taking their time to set up while Italy just wanted to kick the ball as far as they could.

Other then that, I enjoyed it but man...so disappointing that they can't even score 3 easy goals that I could have myself.

so what was the score :|

anyway, that squad's midfield is almost invisible. In the game in Toronto, they did jack all until Blasi was sent off, and then they started to work together better, but before that, they would do the same and just lob balls to toni. I hope we don't see many more experimental squads from lippi. its time to start solidifying a team

so what was the score :|

anyway, that squad's midfield is almost invisible. In the game in Toronto, they did jack all until Blasi was sent off, and then they started to work together better, but before that, they would do the same and just lob balls to toni. I hope we don't see many more experimental squads from lippi. its time to start solidifying a team

1-1. Lobbing balls all game, Italy was doing great from the start, either they got tired very quickly or being very lazy. My mother told me some girl asked another girl behind us saying who is Raitano on the Italian team, cause I have my own customized jersey with my last name on it and they were looking for him on the field. lol

I was pissed, Italy gets the ball, why not just lob it down the field! I felt like I was watching American football. So many fouls too, there was about like 10 yellow cards and some of the players were making the dumbest moves ever.

The Ecuadorians were really into it around the stadium, jumping up and down and banging drums, we were chanting "Italia" but after one Italian player fouled their guy in the box and got a penalty shot and made it, we went quiet, poor playing today...I hope Lippi sets those guys straight.

Sky says the game finished 1-1.

Damn, Lucarelli missed the penalty :(

Sky says the game finished 1-1.

Damn, Lucarelli missed the penalty :(

My bad. It was 1-1..some odd reason I thought Ecaudor won, sorry about that.

horrible, horrible game by "italy"
no excuses

what was the attendence?

what was the attendence?

Some where around 27 thousand, I can't remember the exact number. Crowd started booing after some of the shots Italian players were choosing, not even a clear shot and they go firing away for no reason and end up missing the goal by 15 feet.

lol the FIGC site did a write up on the Toronto game, and put the attendance at "about 35000"

did anyone take any pictures while they were there?? if so put them up

i was sitting kind of far to get really good shots, but ill post the decent ones.

Outside of the Rogers Centre, waiting to get in
http://victor.365ink.com/uploads/italy1.jpg
The match: Italy vs Serbia and Montenegro
http://victor.365ink.com/uploads/italy0.jpg
The lineups
http://victor.365ink.com/uploads/italy2.jpg
Just before kickoff
http://victor.365ink.com/uploads/italy3.jpg
The team celebrating after Lucarelli's Goal (Sorry about the blur, i was too excited to keep the camera straight
http://victor.365ink.com/uploads/italy5.jpg
Cops dragging some hooligan by his arms and legs
http://victor.365ink.com/uploads/italy6.jpg

i should have moved down to the 100 level to get some pics, there were a lot of empty seats. oh well, enjoy

did anyone take any pictures while they were there?? if so put them up

I did, with a Kodak camera, I got them while they were lined up for the national anthems and some shots of them while playing and one during Lucarelli's penalty kick which I thought he made in and I was wrong lol. When I get the film developed I'll post them.

i took some pics with my disposable camera, well see how well they turned out.

Hey Forza, did you take any pics of the Serbia section? Maybe i can pinpoint myself (C)

lol no, my dad was like "ma why the **** you gonna take pictures of the serbs" so i didnt lol

nice pictures (Y)

forza do u have any pictures of the tunnel where the players came in and out of?

im sitting in the first row right above the tunnel

i was on the complete opposite side, and the pictures would have been all blurry so i didnt take any :(

:f***:


lol, jks, it's alrite man